Our Constitutional Crisis
Ep. 317 w/ Shownotes
What happens when the president of the United States defies a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling? Ravi is joined by The Atlantic’s Isaac Stanley-Becker to take a closer look at the case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man stripped of due process and deported to a Salvadoran prison, and the chilling implications the case may have for immigrants and American citizens more broadly.
They then turn to the Trump administration’s escalating campaign of retribution, targeting law firms, universities, and student protestors, and how it’s reshaping who can speak, work, and fight back in America. Finally Ravi and Isaac discuss whether the constitutional crisis many warned about has already arrived.
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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here (The Atlantic, 4/14/25)
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough." (Aaron Rupar, 4/14/25)
Trump Administration Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Man (The New York Times, 4/14/25)
El Salvador’s Leader Says He Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man (The New York Times, 4/14/25)
The United States of Fear (The Atlantic, 3/24/25)
Trump Threatens Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status After School’s Rebuke (Bloomberg, 4/15/25)
Recession Risk, Tariff Takes, Class v. Race (Lost Debate, 4/8/25)
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know (The Atlantic, 3/9/25)
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